Reading response #1

So far i'm enjoying this book, there's a complex plot developing but enough action to keep it interesting. I already enjoy the main character and find myself drawn to taking his side. The character is a grad student studying snake venoms who is being recruited by a company based in Hawaii of which his brother is the vice president in charge of technology. He discusses things with his fellow grad students and eventually his core group of peers and friends decide to make the trip to hawaii to visit the company, offering many perks and high paying salaries. The author draws a very detailed picture while still keeping the readers interest. Each character is very well developed through both direct and indirect characterization, allowing the reader to make opinions about the characters quickly. I enjoy the distinct personality differences between each of the characters, there is no perfect character each one has many likable qualities as well as some less desirable ones. On a different note, I realize now, while working on this project, how much I miss just sitting down and reading a good book before bed. Sitting down with the lights dimmed enjoying a good book and some calming music is a great very relaxing way to spend an evening and i missed this. This books imagery of  the beauty in hawaii makes me wish i could go there sometime. There is lots of foreshadowing that something is going to go wrong, and the constant references to the beauty around them isn't helping me to believe that there could be anything good that could come. This seems the be a theme in the book so far, don't judge things by their appearances because appearances are deceiving. There is also foreshadowing that there is a lot more going on than it may seem to these grad students which helps to add to the formentioned theme.